Andy Monfried is the founder and CEO of Lotame, provider of Crowd Control, the industry's leading data management platform (DMP). Since founding the business in 2006, Andy's focus has been on creating a world-class data management technology to drive real results for publishers, networks, and marketers. Andy led Lotame's successful ad network for several years, targeting thousands of campaigns valued at millions of dollars, all delivered and executed through the platform, and in 2011 shuttered the ad network in order to refocus the company on its original concept, the DMP (Data Management Platform). Crowd Control has played an integral role in the monetization of audience data for publishers and marketers online.

Under Monfried’s leadership, Lotame has grown into a 50+ person company with offices in Maryland, New York and Boston, and over fifty platform clients. Prior to founding Lotame, Andy was an executive with Advertising.com from 1999-2005.

Colin is a senior technology analyst and director of research at BGC Financial, levering a decade of experience analyzing public and private companies. His current focus includes mobile computing, performance and brand advertising, payments and commerce, and the platforms and piping that power the digital economy.

An electrical engineering graduate (Bachelor of Science) from Brown University and academically published on the topic of computer parallel processing, Colin started his career as a programmer, coding and building technology platforms. With work experience that includes private startups and public multinationals, Colin has a strong grasp of the details required for small companies to grow revenue and large companies to grow earnings.

Colin started his career in equity research in 2001 after receiving his MBA from New York University’s Stern School of Business, and he actively tracks both the public and private company landscape. He lives with his wife and their son in New York City.

John Durham is CEO and Managing Partner of Catalyst S+F, a San Francisco-based marketing firm in the ad tech space. Since 2007, Mr. Durham has been the firm’s primary rainmaker. Catalyst S+F develops marketing strategies for dozens of tech start-ups and its client roster includes Del Monte Foods, Fiat Motors, iMedia, and Time Warner Cable.

Mr. Durham has worn many hats as an entrepreneur: from CRO of Winstar Interactive Media to EVP at Carat/Aegis to President of Jumpstart Automotive. He has been a National Sales Manager at Mapquest, Senior Sports Sales Manager at KRON/NBC, Product Marketing Manager at Coca-Cola, the President of San Francisco AD Club and the President and Co-Founder of SF Big, a 1000-member trade association for digital in the Bay Area.

Mr. Durham is currently an Adjunct Marketing Professor at University of San Francisco’s School of Business, where he was awarded “Professor of the Year” in 2008 and 2012.

Mike Wann is the senior vice president of business development for Demand Media, where he oversees strategic partnerships and new revenue opportunities. While at Demand Media, Wann has spearheaded the development of the organization’s monetization infrastructure for all of its owned and operated properties, as well as display advertising, site level monetization and product partnerships.

Previously, Wann was the director of business development for Amazon.com, where he served as the strategic lead for the shift to digital content and online advertising. Prior to joining Amazon.com, he led business development at MSNBC.com, overseeing content partnerships, new revenue products and distribution partnerships. For more than a decade, Wann has facilitated large-scale business development initiatives, focused on reaching new market segments and successfully growing new products.

Wann received his M.B.A. from the University of Redlands, as well his B.A. in political science.

William “Bill” Pearce is on the Marketing Faculty of the Haas School of Business at the University of California. Bill is also on the Advisory Boards of Technorati Media, Rich Relevance, Virtual Fan Network and several other firms in the area of Digital Marketing.

Bill was previously Chief Marketing Officer for Del Monte Foods leading at 3x increase in market capitalization by reinvigorating the topline with a marketing renaissance leading to Del Monte’s acquisition by KKR in 2011. His past accomplishments include working as Taco Bell’s CMO, VP of Marketing for Campbell Soup and Marketing Director with Procter & Gamble responsible for the Snacks Division of the North America.

Mr. Pearce has an MBA from Cornell University, Johnson School of Management and his B.A. in Economics from Syracuse University.

Scott Richter is one of the most successful entrepreneurs in the affiliate and online marketing industry, having built one of the fastest growing and most innovative companies in the space. A lifelong entrepreneur, Scott founded his first company while still in junior high school. After high school, Scott went into the restaurant business, opening a group of successful restaurant locations in the Denver, CO area. Building upon the success of his restaurants and a number of real estate investments, Scott made the move into the online world in 2000 – beginning with a small internet retail business. The company grew exponentially in 2001 and Scott decided to focus all of his energy on the internet marketing industry.

In 2006, Scott rebranded his company as Media Breakaway, LLC, and the company's endeavors have continued to grow to include one of the world’s leading CPA affiliate networks (www.affiliate.com), an international redirect solution (Redirect.com), a domain parking division (TheParkingPlace.com), an email marketing operation (DataOverdrive.com), as well as a domain registrar with hosting services (DynamicDolphin.com).

Today, Scott Richter is one of the most recognized names in online marketing and remains on the cutting edge of the industry.